The Collaborative International Dictionary
Spotted \Spot"ted\, a.
Marked with spots; as, a spotted garment or character. ``The
spotted panther.''
--Spenser.
Spotted fever (Med.), a name applied to various eruptive fevers, esp. to typhus fever and cerebro-spinal meningitis.
Spotted tree (Bot.), an Australian tree ( Flindersia maculosa); -- so called because its bark falls off in spots.
Wikipedia
Flindersia maculosa is a tree in the citrus family. It is found in arid and semi arid areas in New South Wales and Queensland, Australia. Because of the spotted bark, it is known as the leopardwood or leopard tree.
The habitat is stony hills and sand plains of the warm semi-arid zone of the Australian continent. It can grow in areas with an annual average rainfall of less than 250 mm, such as at Mutawintji National Park.